Former Celtic defender Marvin Compper has been placed in charge of Russian side FC Lokomotiv. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Markus Gisdol left the role in protest resulting in Compper being given interim command after being promoted from Assistant Manager.
The 36-year-old will take charge of the upcoming games for the Russian club. Lokomotiv were in the Europa League but finished bottom of their group, meaning the banning of Russian clubs from Europe (and International) competition.
Маркус Гисдоль освобождён от должности главного тренера ФК «Локомотив».
К ближайшим играм команду будет готовить Марвин Комппер. Клуб и команда работают в штатном режиме и концентрируются на достижении максимального результата в предстоящих матчах в Кубке России и РПЛ pic.twitter.com/UmcqSCgLbd
— «Локомотив» (@fclokomotiv) March 1, 2022
Compper became a bit of a cult hero at Celtic. He played in a Scottish Cup game against Morton and then never again, despite leaving with medals.
To say that Compper’s Celtic career never took off due to injuries is an understatement but a player of that calibre should have been better than what we saw of the senior pro. Compper and Jack Hendry arrived that transfer window with a combined fee around the £4m mark and Celtic never saw any return from this investment.
Compper was an enigma during his time at Celtic, he was untried by Brendan Rodgers when he could have called upon the German but for whatever reason, he was left out of the first team. He will remain a flop in terms of the Celtic recruitment that was mixed under Rodgers’ reign.
